Car-seat.



R. B. MARSH.

CAR SEAT.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.24.1913.

WITNESSES Patented m 23,1916.

. INVENTOR M 6% 2 BY ATTORNEYS m'rnn STATES PATENT carton.

RICHARD RMARSH, oP PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO HALE AND KILDURN COMPANY, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA,

DELAWARE.

A CORPORATION OF GAR-SEAT.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 23, 1916.

Application filed January 24, 1913. Serial naveasss.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, RIoPIARD B. MARSH,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphla and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Seats, of which the following is a speciseat-cushion in reversing the facing direction of the seat.

The object of the invention is to provide a cushion-moving vmechanism of this character which, while being simple in construction, possessing great strength and being capable of manufacture at low cost, will occupy but little space and, particularly,

will extend downwardly from the seatcushion'but a small amount.

In the construction of seats for use in railway cars, it is desirable that the maXimum space be provided belowthe seatcushion, and this is particularly true with respect to the space at the end of acar-seat adjacent to the wall of the car, for it is common to utilize this space for the steam pipes which run lengthwise of the car and form part of the heating system of the car. In many forms of car-seats as heretofore made, the space under the seat-cushion at the wall end of the seat has not beenas great as has been desired because of the space required for the mechanism by which the seat-cushion is moved when the back is reversed. In accordance with the present invention, the seat-moving mechanism is so constructed and arranged that it does notencroach upon the space under the seatcushion and below the supporting structure Referring to these drawings, the car-seat is shown as consisting of a back-cushion 4 and a seat-cushion 5, these being mounted upon a suitable supporting structure including a pedestal 6, a seat-end 7 and two connecting rails 8. In the present instance the pedestal 6 is shown as constructed of sheetmetal, and the Seat-end 7 is shown as integral with one of the parts of the pedestal. The back-cushions is mounted upon backsupporting arms 9, each of which is adapted to travel upon an arc-shaped rail 10 which is secured to the inner side of the seat-end 7. In this way the back-cushion may be moved from one edge of the seat-cushion to the other to reverse the facing direction of the seat. The back-supporting arm 9 has a slot 11 therein which receives a pin on one end of a lever 12 which is secured to a rock-shaft 13, mounted in bearings formed in the seat-ends. When the back-cushion is moved from one position to the other, the shaft 13 is rocked in its bearings by means of the levers 12. This rock-shaft serves to connect the mechanisms at the two ends of the seat so as to insure synchronous movement of the parts at both ends and, furthermore, the movement of the rock-shaft is utilized to cause the shifting of the seat-cushion.

A support 1 1 is provided between two connecting rails 8, this support being in the form of a sheet-metal strip having its ends bolted or riveted tothe rails 8. This support forms a track upon which a member of the seat-moving mechanism is adapted to be reciprocated. This member is here shown as a block 15 which rests upon the strip 14: and is provided with headed studs 16 extending through a slot 17 in the strip 14. The block 15 is provided with a vertically-disposed way or groove '18 in one side thereof which is adapted to receive a stud or projection 19 formed on the end of a crank arm 20 which is secured to the rock-shaft 13. Thus, when the rock-shaft is rocked in its bearings, the crank arm 20 will causethe block 15 to be moved in a straight line upon the surface of the strip 14.

The block 15 has a lever 21 pivotally mounted thereon, the lever 21 being on the side of the block opposite the crank arm 20. At one end this lever 21 is provided with a stud 22 which enters a vertically-disposed slot 23 in a rocker 2 1. This rocker is supported upon the connecting rails 8 and forms 1 the support for theseat-cushion 5, the rocker being provided with pins 25 which enter cp'emngs in the frame oftheseat-cushion.

lhe lever 21 is provide'dlwitha slot in'the" end thereof opposite that on which the pin cushion is moved from one edge to the other of the seat-cusl1ion,.the T rock-shaft 13 "is" rocked in'its bearingsand as a result of this I rocking movement the block 15 is moved in a; straight lineovje'r the surface ofthe support 1 4; This'movement'ofthe block 15 causes a shiftingof'the pivot of'the lever 21. At the same time that this shifting ofthe pivot of the lever 21 takes place, that lever is caused to turn about its pivot, for one end of the lever' is in 'coa ction with the rock-7' shaft'13. The opposite end of the lever 21, that is. the end'which is connected to the" rocker 21, is therefore given a movement resulting in part I'romthe lateral shifting of the pivot of lever 21, and in part from the movement of the lever about its pivot. In this way the requisite-amount of movement of the rocker 24 is obtained even though the lever 21 is quite short. By reference to the 'for 'movement of the back-cushion.

drawings, and particularly to Fig. 2, it will be seen tha't'the mechanism for effecting the shifting of the'seat-cushion as the back- Cushion is reversed is very compactly arranged. As here shown, none of the parts of this seat-moving mechanism extends below'the plane of the lower edges of the connecting rails. As a result of this all of the space below the connecting rails is available for other uses, and particularly for the steam pipes employed in heatingthe car.

i It is 'to beunderstood that various modificationsmay be made in the construction hereinlillustratedand described, without departing from the invention, and that all such modifications I aimrto include within the terms of the appended claims." Particularly, I wish it understood that the invention is, not limited with respect to the type of mechanism by which the back-cushion is supported and by which provisionis made The mechanism herein shown for this purpose is chosen merelyv to illustrate a mechanism which will serve this purpose and which may be employed in connection with myimproved seat-moving mechanism. a

Having described 'myinvention, what'I claim as new thereinand'desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United'States is;

1. In a'car-seat, the combination of a'seat cushion, aback-cushion, and means for moving the seat cushion as'the;back cushion is moved, comprising a rocker on which the seat-cushion is'mounted, a member arranged to reciprocateparallel to the length of the rocker, means'actuated by the movement of the back for reciprocating said member,

a lever pivoted intermediate its ends on; said 3 member, withits-pivotmovabletherewith in a T the reciprocation of said member, said lever engaging the rocker on oneside of its piv ref ota'l connectionwith said member, and fixed stantially as set forth.v p v 2. A car-seat comprising thecombination means slidin gly engaging said lever on the other side of its said pivotal connection, sub

cushion mounted on the side framesfi-and.

mlo'vable from oneedge-of the "seat cushion tothe other, connections from-"the ib'ack-i cushion to the rock-shaft for causing the movement of'the formerto rockthe latter, .a

member mounted 'to'reciprocate inthe di' rection of the length of the rocker, a crank] on the rock-shaft engagln-gi'saldmember and reciprocating/the same as the rock-shaft is rocked,lever pivoted to said member. and

connected toithe rocker, and means for caus-' mg the lever to turnon its plvot' assaid member'ls reclprocated, substantially as set forth.

' 3. A car-seat comprising the combination of si'deeframes, e s mo nted thereon,"ai

rock-"shaft'journaled in the side-frames, a

seat-cushion mounted on'therockers, 'a backg' cushion mounted'on the side-frames and movable from one edge of the seat-cushion'to v the other, connections from the back-cushion to the rock-shaft for causing themovement of the former to rock the latter, a member mounted to reciprocate in the direction of the length of the rocker, a crank-on -the rockshaft engaging said member ,and' reciprocating the sameas the rock-shaft islrocked, V

and a lever pivoted to said member, ,con-

nectedto the rocker on one side of'the pivot of the lever and guided by sliding contact with the rock-shaft on the other sidewof the pivot-ofthe lever, substantially asset forth.

4. Acar-seat comprising the combination.

of side-frames, rockers mounted thereon a rock-shaft journaled in": the side-frames,

a seat-cushion mounted on the rockers, V a

a back-cushion mounted" on the side-frames and movablefrom one edge of 'thehseatcushion to the other, connections from a the back-cushion to the' rock-shaftfor caus-; ingthe movementaof the'former toirock the;

latter, a member mounted to reciprocate the direction of the lengthrof therocker, a

crank on the'rock-shaft engaging said meme her and reciprocating the'sameasgthe rock-f shaft is rockedpand a lever pivoted on said member, having avpin and slot connection with said rocker ononeside of the pivot of the lever and provided with aslot on the other side of the pivot of the lever; inwhich slot said rock-shaft lies, substantially asset forth.

'the back-cushion is moved,

5. A car-seat comprising a seat-cushion, a back-cushion movable from one side to the other of the seat-cushion, a supporting structure for the cushion including a pair of connecting rails, a rocker mounted on the rails and supporting the seat-cushion, a support extending between and secured to the rails, a member slidable upon said support as the back-cushion is moved, a lever pivoted to said member intermediate its ends with its pivot thereon movable with said member in the sliding movements of the latter, a connection between said lever and said rocker, and means for causing said lever to turn on its said pivot as said member is moved upon said support, substantially as set forth.

6. In a car-seat, means for moving the seat-cushion as the back-cushion is moved comprising a pivoted lever engaging the seat-cushion structure to move the same, means for shifting the pivot of the lever as the back-cushion is moved, and means for causing the lever to turn about its pivot as its pivot is shifted, substantially as set forth.

7. In a car-seat, means for moving the seat-cushion as the back-cushion is moved comprising a rocker for the seat-cushion, a vertically-disposed pivoted lever having a pin and slot connection to the rocker, means for shifting the pivot of the lever as and means for causing the lever to turn about its pivot as its pivot is shifted, substantially as set forth.

8. In a car-seat, means for movingthe seat-cushion as the back-cushion is moved comprising a rocker for the seat-cushion, a rock-shaft which is rocked in its bearings When the back-cushion is moved, a pivoted lever engaging said rocker and said rockshaft, and means actuated by the rocking of the rock-shaft for shifting the pivot of said lever, substantially as set forth.

9. In a car seat, means for moving the seat-cushion as the back-cushion is moved, comprising a lever having a pin and vertical slot connection at one end With the seatcushion, means for guiding the opposite end of said lever in a vertical are, While permitting oscillation of the lever about that end, and means for applying pressure to said lever at a point intermediate its ends, as the back-cushion is moved, to cause the oscillation thereof about said guiding means, substantially as set forth.

10. In a car seat, the combination of a seat-cushion, a back-cushion movable from one side to the other of the seat-cushion, a supporting structure for the seat-cushion including connecting-rails, a rocker mounted on the rails and supporting the seat-cushion, a support extending between and secured to the rails, a member horizontally slidable upon said support, means extending above said connecting-rails for moving said member when the back-cushion is moved, a lever pivoted to said member intermediate its ends, and having one end pivotally connected to the rocker, and the other end eX- tending above the plane of said connecting rails, and restraining means coacting With said last-mentioned end as said member is moved, to cause movement of said end about the said intermediate pivot of said lever as a center, substantially as set forth.

This specification signed and witnessed this 21st day of January, 1913.

' RICHARD B. MARSH.

Witnesses WM. J. EARNsHAW, JOHN B. KILBURN.

Copies 01 this patent may be obtainedior flve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. C." 

